tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post115267415223921945..comments2023-05-02T06:06:00.795-07:00Comments on Tropical Embellishments: MY TOWN MY DREAMChristopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1152931036396419572006-07-14T19:37:00.000-07:002006-07-14T19:37:00.000-07:00I am glad you liked the story too Christina. It is...I am glad you liked the story too Christina. It is interesting to look back in time and have some clue about why things and people are the way they are today.<BR/><BR/>It was a little sad to see her old house under construction and not lovingly restored and tended, but it was built in 1947. The fact that it was still there is amazing.<BR/><BR/>When I drove out to Little Talbot Island north of theChristopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1152867173769873642006-07-14T01:52:00.000-07:002006-07-14T01:52:00.000-07:00Christopher,First, I want to say I felt proud to k...Christopher,<BR/><BR/>First, I want to say I felt proud to know that wonderful people like your grandparents both had family connections to New England -- that your grandmother’s father lived in Boston until he was eighteen, and that your grandfather lived for many years with his family in Danbury, CT. The world sure could use more people like your grandparents -- people who valued pulling theirchristin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1152760427287725902006-07-12T20:13:00.000-07:002006-07-12T20:13:00.000-07:00Hi Annie,I am glad you enjoyed my grandmother's st...Hi Annie,<BR/><BR/>I am glad you enjoyed my grandmother's story. The happy ending was as much the garden as the house on the water. I was probably born with dirt under my nails.<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear too that you got some enjoyment out of that brat illicium9. He is a lot to deal with and is not exactly stress free for me. It was not something I did with no thought about what I was doing and if I Christopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1152741181589457782006-07-12T14:53:00.000-07:002006-07-12T14:53:00.000-07:00Hello Christopher,This was a lovely story with a h...Hello Christopher,<BR/><BR/>This was a lovely story with a happy ending, too! I love family stories and have been researching my own family's history, but we have nothing like this detailed saga - you are so lucky to have it. <BR/><BR/>I've enjoyed your posts [under various names] at GardenWeb, where you treated my questions kindly, and am glad you found Garden Rant and commented there - it's Annie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.com